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The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life

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This book appeals to a specific audience: Well-educated, upper middle class parents with a solid relationship with the teen and involvement with high school life and the college application process, and no serious domestic unresolved issues. Its major virtue is to tell obsessive parents to let their burgeoning adults take more control of their lives than they are willing to grant. For the parents of a teen with unresolved issues, or one with a clear idea of how to handle college admissions and their lives in general, the book is silent. The major point is: Back off, parents. If you are not a parent who needs this message of allowing kids to find their own path, you may find it without much utility.

As the parent of a high school senior, I appreciated this book enormously. The authors provide specific, practical advice and suggestions for how to cope with the avalanche of changes that accompany the "launch" of a child into adulthood. Lots of examples, including some that may make readers think, "At least I don't have that challenge!" I recommend this book highly to anyone who parents a teen. I plan to keep my copy within easy reach.

This was an extremely helpful book. Two other launching moms and I had a support group where we read and discussed the incidents in our senior daughters lives and the material in the book. It made me feel less like a failure and more like a great mom. Very uplifting, humorous and helpful. I am giving a copy to our college counselor at the high school to recommend for parents. Great read.

This book provided insightful perspective on the many dynamics involved in "launching" your child into the college/adult years. The authors have enough professional experience with families who have gone through this transition to give the reader guidelines for the range of "normal" experiences and reassurance that the many issues are part of a developmental stage. A great book to read as you begin the senior year, but still valuable the summer between senior year and college, as it helps the parent to reflect on previous experiences and prepare for the transition ahead. I only wish there was a similar book for launching from college to career/grad school!

"The Launching Years" is a tremendous book. I stumbled upon it at the book store during my son's senior year in high school and read it countless times until his sophomore year in college. It helped me navigate through an emotionally tough time--sending our first-born child to college. I'm not a "helicopter" mother at all and was surprised how the fact that he was leaving for college hit me as hard as it did. I loved this book so much that I've loaned my copy and bought more for my friends. I've received positive feedback from others that this book helped them, too.

The authors mentioned something that I agree with wholeheartedly: everyone gives you tons of advice on childbirth, raising babies and even teenagers, but little is said to prepare you for launching your child from home to college or another path. That's why this book is a must read!

This isn't the only book to have , but it is anexcellent resource. My daughter is a freshman , and she was just home complaining about her school choice. I thought, this sounds familiar. It was from this book. I remembered that this is normal, and assumed the role of listener. Thank you.

This book is filled with practical advice and stories for parents of teens who will soon be leaving for college. The authors discuss what to expect during the senior year of high school from the college application process to senioritis. They also provide guidance for handling situations like phone calls from first year college students who are stressed out and ready to quit. As the parent of a high school junior, I found this book very helpful.

This book will help parents to assist their children in making a successful transition from high school to college, with practical suggestions and strategies. It will be especially helpful for the family whose first child will be going off to college and even more so for those families in which the parents did not attend college.

"The Launching Years" and "Letting Go" (Coburn/Treeger) are both insightful companions for an emotionally intense moment of parenting. Another great book for sending a young adult into the world with the loving counsel of the people important to him or her (YOU!) is "Words to Live By: A Journal of Wisdom for Someone You Love" (Emily/Kate Marshall).

Jennifer Wyatt is the greatest EVER! She is the coolest mom and has raised the most fabulous children ever. I have yet to read her newest book but I'm anxious to begin it. Just knowing her as a person, I'm know this book will be a HUGE success! CONGRATULATIONS :-)